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Title: The Milkman's Boy

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Hardcover, 1997

Synopsis
Paul Graves is proud of his father, the owner of a dairy farm. In the era in which the book is set, milk is delivered right to people's houses in glass bottles fresh from the dairy, and the process of pasteurization (sterilizing the milk) was a new invention. Paul's father refuses to pasteurize his milk, calling the process a fad. However, when Paul's sister gets sick from unpasteurized milk, Paul's father learns an important lesson about balancing change and tradition. Color illustrations accompany the text. Tells the story of the Graves Family Dairy, whose three horses pulled the wagons delivering milk to families in the years before trucks and shopping centers replaced them.

Details
Illustrator:         Greg Shed
Language:        English
Reading Level:  Grades 2 to 3

Size
Weight:        0.9 Pounds
Height:         11.8 Inches
Width:          8.8 Inches
Thickness:    0.5 Inches



Publisher Notes
Henry Graves, the owner of Graves Family Dairy, calls the new invention of milk pasteurization a fad, until the day his daughter falls victim to a severe fever, and the entire Graves family learns a hard lesson about the need to balance change and tradition.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Milkman's Boy and it was written by Donald Hall, Greg Shed (Illustrator). This edition of The Milkman's Boy is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is September 1997 and it has a suggested retail price of $16.85. There are pages in the book and it was published by Walker & Co. The 10 digit ISBN is 0802784658 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780802784650. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.